minus

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Chilled to minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit, natural gas shrinks into a liquid for tanker transport, before being re-gasified at specialized terminals.

From The Wall Street Journal

I had the trails to myself for two hours, minus a few minutes with a man and his dog, and logged 13,500 steps.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wealth measures a household’s assets, like stocks, bank accounts and home equity, minus liabilities like mortgages, car loans and credit-card debt.

From The Wall Street Journal

A consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expected a smaller fall to minus 14.1.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was like “The Truman Show” mixed with “Twelve Angry Men,” or a segment of “Candid Camera” stretched into a series, or Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal,” minus the neuroses and cruelty.

From Los Angeles Times